Larry LaRue of the Tacoma News Tribune is as professional they come. On his blog he quoted two Mariners as saying Ken Griffey Jr. was taking a nap when he was needed to pinch-hit.

Because it was a story generated by a newspaper, it naturally resonated.

The Mariners held an emotional team meeting and invited the players to step forward and actually face Griffey, but none did. (Presumably they play this game under their real names.) And LaRue refused to rat them out.

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